This course is focused on fundamentals of network and computer security with an emphasis on how intruders gain access to systems, how they escalate privileges, and what steps can be taken to secure a system against such attacks. Topics include computer networking basics, operating system basics, vulnerability, and attacks (social engineering, distributed denial of service attacks, buffer overflows, race conditions, trojans, and viruses), intrusion penetration, cyber defenses, network hardening, system hardening, and security administration. This course enrolls high school teachers based on their education, teaching, and/or professional experience. They must have earned the equivalent of a four-year U.S. bachelor’s degree to be considered for enrollment. This course is not eligible for credit for the BS/MS programs (either via MS-CS or MS-SEC), MS-CS, MS-SEC, or PhD-CS degrees.
CS 591: Fundamentals in Cyber Security for Teachers
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